Tag Archives: Labour

The last two days of talks between the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee were full of "difficult conversations," according to federation president Samantha ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is a "fraud" for portraying himself as a friend of the working class, the head of the country's largest labour organization said Thursday, urging unions t...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Correctional Service of Canada says it's taking multiple steps to combat the "evolving threat" of drones that drop contraband into prisons, after B.C. guards held a rally to cal...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives are delaying passage of four bills at the legislature, prompting an angry response from a labour leader. The legislature rules allow the Oppo...

OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Anita Anand says no government ministry and agency will be left out of the process of cutting 5,000 public-service positions. Anand, who is responsible for much of th...

When someone is hurt at work, there is a duty for the employer to accommodate them so they can get back to work. That's the main point from Sean Tucker, a professor who teaches about occupational heal...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is offering a 7.5-per-cent wage increase in the midst of collective bargaining, with government workers calling for a 26-per-cent bump. More than 22,000 members of th...

The Manitoba government has stepped in after four councillors representing a rural area north of Winnipeg resigned last week. A spokesperson for the province says it is in the process of appointing an...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A potentially volatile dispute over Newfoundland and Labrador's crab fishery has been averted with the help of Premier Andrew Furey. Late on Sunday, Furey helped negotiate a pricing...

MONTREAL - Members of a union representing more than 80,000 health care workers in Quebec have decisively rejected a tentative collective agreement with the province that was endorsed by the labour gr...